CONCRETE WALLS IN A WONDERFUL INDUSTRIAL LOFT

I love concrete's roughness. As a finishing material is very common in civil architecture, although not so usual in residential one. There is a tendency towards painting or covering it with plasterboard panels out of fear of creating not enough cozy homes. Nevertheless, projects like this one make clear that concrete can be left in plain sight without turning the design into cold or insensitive. The key to me is to find the balance with the rest of materials. In this loft in Eindhoven, work of the designer Renee Arns, the fineness of flooring, walls and ceilings' finishing that live together with concrete softens the mix, giving a brightness and refinement that work perfectly well with the massive almost tumbledown walls, full of patches and imperfections.

Decorations are conspicious by their absence. The few pieces of furniture and decor are true relics that hand over the preminent role to exposed concrete walls. All the monochromatic design has a clear industrial touch, from the living table, at which are sat some the most relevant exponents of modern design such as Charles and Ray Eames or Xavier Pauchard, to the tiny rusty clock on the desk. A design where colour is not needed to fill the entire place with shades. Just wonderful!

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Architecture is my profession. Nordic furniture and interior design, my passion. On Mediterranean Nordic you will find everything that inspires me about Scandinavian design, and a bit of Mediterranean too. I’m Spanish after all.